Crake

[kreik]

(noun.) any of several short-billed Old World rails.

Editor: Percival--From WordNet

(v. t. & i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.

(v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.

(n.) A boast. See Crack, n.

(n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Typed by Jewel

n. a crow raven corncrake: (obs.) a boast.

v.i. to utter a cry like a crow &c.—n. Crake′-berr′y the crow-berry.

Checker: Scott